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David Barnett Art

American, b. 1933

David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age 19 when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985, David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. 

David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics and oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miró, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery collection and knowledge and passion for fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin.

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Artist: David Barnett
"Homage to Kees Van Dongen - Souvenir Le Meridien" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Kees Van Dongen: Souvenir Le Meridien" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower left and right. Painted on the stationary of the hotel Le Meri...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Tracks of Love, " Original Photography signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tracks of Love" is an original fine-art photograph shot in black and white by David Barnett. It is signed in the lower right corner. It depicts a frozen lake with ice-skater tracks ...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

"Up North Series: Two Cows with Canoeists, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Two Cows with Canoeists" is an original mixed-media piece by David Barnett that features watercolor, ink, and rubber stamps. The piece features a stamp of...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Rabbit Disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rabbit disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip" is an original photograph embellished with ink and watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lo...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Photographic Paper, Watercolor

"Frozen Faces Series: Face to Face, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen Faces Series: Face to Face" is an original photograph by David Barnett, taken with 35 mm film and printed as a giclee on watercolor paper. It is signed in the lower right. Th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Frozen Faces Series: Do You Be-leaf It?" Original Photograph by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen Faces Series: Face to Face" is an original photograph by David Barnett, taken with 35 mm film and printed as a giclee on watercolor paper. It is signed in the lower right. Th...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Photographic Film, Giclée, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Anticipating Spring" AP Print after Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Anticipating Spring" is a giclee print on watercolor paper, printed from a scanned original watercolor by David Barnett. It is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. Thi...
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Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Giclée

"Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-16-2016, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-6-2016" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, printed with archival ink jet ink and signed in the lower right. It d...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

"Iridescent Hybrid Rose, " Original Watercolor & Acrylic signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iridescent Hybrid Rose" is an original acrylic and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The rose of the title is a vibrant red, perched atop a stem that g...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor

"Tool Relief III, " Original Conceptual Stoneware Sculpture by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tool Relief III" is an original conceptual sculpture by David Barnett, signed and dated on the bottom. Made of stoneware and ceramic, the cylinder contains imprints of various tools...
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1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Ceramic, Stoneware, Mixed Media

"Beaver Lake Reflections, " Original Framed Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Reflections" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting is an abstract representation of the lake on which the...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Watercolor

"Under the Stars - Boerner Botanical Garden Gala Variation I" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Under the Stars - Boerner Botanical Garden Gala Variation I" is an original mixed media work with watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic on paper by David Barnett. The piece depict...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Entrance to the Salvador Dali Museum Self-Portrait Reflection" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entrance to the Salvador Dali Museum-Kadesh, Spain Self-Portrait Reflection" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, signed and dated in the ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Tracks of Love, " Original Winter Landscape Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tracks of Love" is an original fine-art photograph, shot in black and white and tinted red, by David Barnett. It is signed in the lower right corner. It depicts a frozen lake with i...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Digital

"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park, " Original Aquacryl on silk by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park" is an original painting in aquaryl on silk, which is mounted on an acid free foam board. It is signed in the lower left. Thi...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Silk, Other Medium

"Leaves are Falling Over Beaver Lake, " Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Leaves Are Falling Over Beaver Lake" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the bottom center. The piece shows a cartographic rendering of Beaver Lake with an ...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"View of the Mountain from the Air, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"View of the Mountain from the Air" is a small original iridescent watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece is abstract, dominated by the col...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Una Pata Arriba Revisted, " Original Ink, Watercolor, & Acrylic by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"first Impressions of Mexico City #1: Una Pata Arriba Revisited" is an original watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The pieces d...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Saltwater at the Stateroom Window, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Saltwater at the Stateroom Window" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The abstract image is composed of horizontal strata of color, most...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Watercolor

"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This piece was designed for the yacht club's dinghy cover in 2003. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Homage to Wassily Kandinksy after 1912 woodcut from Klänge: Open" David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinksky after 1912 original woodcut from the Klänge Series, title: Open" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. This piece, an...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 Woodcut from Klänge, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 original woodcut from the Klänge Series, title: Landscape with More Upright White Figure" is an original mixed ...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Final Parking Place, " Original Framed Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Final Parking Place" is an original photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The image is a dark asphalt parking lot with two line markers. Between them is a bouquet ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?" Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?" is an original watercolor and ink surrealist work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This piece pictures parts of the New...
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1990s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series: Steel Forest, " Photo signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series: Steel Forest" is an original photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This photo was taken of the new Steinhafel's building in Waukesha...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Inkjet

"Flying, " Original Surreal Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flying" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This strange, surreal image centers around a figure that appears to have leaped from the broke...
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1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink

"Sky Palette, " Early Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Palette" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The painting consists of a series of colorful, gestural brush strokes. While s...
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1960s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Paper, Watercolor

"Floral Fantasy, " Original Impressionistic Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Floral Fantasy" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett that is signed in the lower right. Abstract flowers fill the picture plane in bright bursts of red and yellow aga...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Gehl Dairy Farm, " Original Mixed Media Surrealist signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist David Barnett Art

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Souvenir of Desert Mountain, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Souvenir of Desert Mountain" is an original watercolor painted on hotel stationary by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. While visiting the southwest, the artist was inspire...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Watercolor

"Dream Window, " Original Abstract Color-field Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dream Window" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The picture plane is divided into four sections like a window pane, and each sec...
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1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Watercolor

"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version), " signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version)" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiow...
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1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Watercolor

"Think Spring, " Original Colorful Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Think Spring" is a mixed media, watercolor and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is an explosion of color and texture with man...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Beaver Lake with Reindeer Clouds, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake with Reindeer Clouds" is an original mixed media watercolor piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece depicts Beaver Lake in the abstract, a bl...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece features abstract black lines painted in Chinese ink, embellished with vibrant watercolor in blue...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Ink, Watercolor

"Mountain, " Original Abstract Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mountain" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed int he lower right corner. The piece is composed of minimal brushstrokes in green, yellow, blue, and red, formi...
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1960s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Watercolor

"Grand Display, " Original Abstract Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Grand Display" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece is composed of minimal brushstrokes in green, yellow, blue, and red, ...
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1960s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Paper, Watercolor

"The Three Musketters (Quadracci's Turkeys), " Photography by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Three Musketeers (Quadracci's Turkeys)" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. The photo features a flock of wild turkeys loiterin...
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1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film

"Two Vases, " Original Ink & Oil Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Vases" is an original ink and oil pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This drawing is composed of hatched black lines, accented by a myriad of ...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Ink

"Final Parking Place (diptych), " Photography Prints signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Final Parking Place" is an original photographic print diptych by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts a parking place with a flower arrangement. 4 1/...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Color

"Triple African Violet Hybrids, " Mixed Media on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Triple Studio Golden African Violets" is an original mixed media watercolor and iridescent acrylic painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece on paper lower lef...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Sky Flower, " Original Watercolor & Dried Rose Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Flower" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates a dried rose on a background of watercolor. The image is signed in the lowe...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

"Floating Ginko Forest with Shooting Start Orchid, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Floating Ginko Forest with Shooting Star Orchid" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, incorporating watercolor and collage. Three ginko tree leaves float on a cloudy b...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Other Medium

"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Chagall - Sunrise Sunset, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Chagall - Sunrise Sunset" is an original mixed media piece that incorporates collage and oil pastel on museum board ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

"Symmetrical Mystery Plant - Green/Purple/White, " Photograph by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Symmetrical Mystery Plant - Green/Purple/White" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. In the piece, the mystery plant in question has been ...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Birch, Oil Crayon, Watercolor

"Homage to Wassily Kandinksky after 1911 Woodcut Oboe, '" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 original woodcut from the Klänge Series, title: Oboe," is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the ...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Mixed Media

"View from the Boulders: The 5th Green, 11th Hole, " by David and Sarah Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"View From the Boulders - The 5th Green, 11th Hole, April 19-22" is an original color pencil drawing on watercolor paper by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett. The drawing...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Color Pencil

"Oasis in Iridescent Forest, " Miniature Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Oasis in Iridescent Forest" is an original miniature watercolor by David Barnett, signed on the center bottom edge. The work is painted in iridescent watercolor and renders a forest...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Penny's Garden - Beaver Lake, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Penny's Garden - Beaver Lake" by David Barnett is an original fine art photographed, signed in the lower right of the image. In the picture, a white iron lattice garden bench sits i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Inkjet

"Ten Commandments, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ten Commandments" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It features imagery associated with the Jewish faith on a brightly colored backgro...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Mixed Media

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake" is an original watercolor and ink painting on birch bark by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist only collects birch bark th...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Birch, Ink, Watercolor

"Cows Controversy over Chenequa, " Original Watercolor and Ink by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cows Controversy Over Chenequa" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This miniature work contains gestural brushwork and stamped image...
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Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art

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Ink, Watercolor

"Bamboo & Lobster, " Original Surreal Ink & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo & Lobster" is a reworking of a work from fifty-two years prior, "Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries." It is an an original surrealist ink and watercolor drawing by David Barnett, si...
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2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Rag Paper

"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake, " Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake" is an original oil pencil on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The pieces of bark often suggest to him what the ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art

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Birch, Oil Crayon

"Pond and Woods - Autumn, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett in Antique Frame
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pond and Woods - Autumn" is an original miniature watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist created this piece specifically for the antique frame it inhabits, an abstract...
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2010s Abstract David Barnett Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake..." Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake, WI" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The piece is an abstract representation of the ...
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1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art

Materials

Watercolor

David Barnett art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic David Barnett art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, green, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Barnett in paint, watercolor, mixed media and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large David Barnett art, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Reginald K. Gee, Mary Judge, and Michael Alan. David Barnett art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $375 and tops out at $17,300, while the average work can sell for $2,168.

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